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QuickTime 64-bit Chrome Plugin

QuickTime as a standalone application works just fine.

However, Google has released a 64-bit version of Chrome (official release 8/27/2014), and on Windows 7 64-bit, the QuickTime installer does not seem to provide a plugin that is compatible with it. Do you know when there will be a 64-bit compatible QuickTime plugin?


Thank you,
Rob

Chrome-OTHER, Windows 7, 64-bit

Posted on Aug 28, 2014 1:45 PM

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Aug 28, 2014 5:13 PM in response to ReyAhtbor

ReyAhtbor


Also unlikely to happen - ever. QT X Mavericks actually has no equivalent player/plug-in like found with the Players QT 7.x and QTPro 7.x. Further, new generation Browsers are completely plug-in & add-on free in favor of the new HTML5 standard which handles multimedia content its own way. [See ¶ 3 in - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5 ]


It will be up to Apple how they choose to deal with the rest of 'Creation' on the Web going forward, but I think a cue is QT X.


regards

CCC

Nov 28, 2014 10:43 AM in response to ReyAhtbor

I am getting the error message "QuickTime Player is required to display some elements on this page." iTunes content no longer plays because QuickTime can no longer be loaded into Google Chrome. This problem first occurred today (11/27/2014) when trying to create and view iTunes Playlist Widgets (which are similar to the old iMix playlists). I have reported the problem to PHG – Performance Horizon Group – which handles the iTunes Affiliates Program. This ruins the user experience at my www.topcatholicsongs.com web site for those who are using the new 64-bit Mac version of Google Chrome version 39.0.2171.71 (which is silently updated from the 32-bit version without warning the user). I look forward to a swift resolution of the issue by Apple. See https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6526781

Nov 29, 2014 1:19 PM in response to QuickTimeKirk

No, you don't have to use a different browser I just took the old Chrome 38 ( 32 bit ) from my backup placed it in my HD instead of applications (leaving the 64 bit Chrome 39 in applications) and ran a link to the dock while removing the old 64 bit from the dock. You can run the updates disable installer found her, disable it with little snitch or whatever. http://www.macworld.com/article/1168243/disabling_google_auto_updates.html

Nov 29, 2014 5:22 PM in response to darlie brewster

Darlie, your regression to the 32-bit version of Chrome is not really a solution for me as a webmaster. Google and Apple have effectively broken my web sites which use QuickTime media, most notably the Apple iTunes Playlist Widget (see my post above). What am I supposed to do – post a note on my web sites' home pages, telling folks to go back in time from Google Chrome 64-bit to 32-bit? Or do I tell them to switch to Safari or Firefox or Opera? No, Apple needs to work with Google to fix this now. It is embarrassing to have my sites pop up a message to install QuickTime. Why isn't that error message more accurate and meaningful?

Nov 29, 2014 7:49 PM in response to Jacumba

Jacumba wrote:


"Post your website, it is likely poorly done and out dated!"


Tell that to Performance Horizon Group (PHG) which runs the iTunes Affiliates Program. Their iTunes Widget code is supposedly state-of-the art but it is now broken in Google Chrome. I will let you know how PHG responds to my support ticket.

I posted my website above: http://www.topcatholicsongs.com – there are approximately 50 iTunes Playlist Widgets that are broken.

Also go here and try to build a Widget with 64-bit Google Chrome : https://widgets.itunes.apple.com/builder/

Dec 1, 2014 5:51 PM in response to Richard Schletty

Richard, it looks like your site is working fine for me and I am using the 64-bit Chrome. Did you change the page source code to use HTML5 or something? Or did you find some other fix? Otherwise I am finding that QTKirk's assertion that Chrome no longer supports the QT plugin to hold true. I understand the long-term goal, but it is painful in the short-term.

Dec 1, 2014 6:10 PM in response to tuppermd

Tuppermd, that is curious. Are you allowing enough time for the home page to load? Try going to this story which has an iTunes Playlist Widget: http://www.topcatholicsongs.com/node/341


When you click on a play button, does the song play?


I just found out that if I disable Flip4Mac - Version: 3.3.0.6 in chrome://plugins, the warning "QuickTime Player is required to display some elements on this page" goes away. But the player remains nonfunctional.


To answer your question, I did not tweak anything. There are other media elements in my site which use HTML – e.g. YouTube embeds, SoundCloud embeds and the HTML5 MP3 Radio Shoutcast Player. It is the iTunes Playlist Widget which is the problem.

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